Server Suggestion Shorten the timer for putting away physgun for new players

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Suggestion Title: Shorten the timer for putting away physgun for new players
Suggestion Description: V5/Casino update brought a change to the Physgun that automatically puts them away after some idle time. I'm not sure what this timer is but it's currently too long and new players keep running around with the Physgun in their hands just looking weird all the time.

My suggestion is to only implement this change for new players. Force new players to switch back to their Keys/Unarmed when they have their Physgun out for more than 20 seconds, actively using it on a valid prop should reset the timer (same for the Fists if implemented).

This should only apply to new players as I really don't see experienced players do this unless its deliberate.

Optional addition(s):
-Also do this for Fists.
-Perhaps don't include a notification that their Physgun has been put away (This might cause confusion in OOC/Help chat as to why their Physgun/Fists get put away all the time when we don't do this)

Why should this be added?:
-Makes new players look less like new players with their physguns out all the time while heavily resembling your average DarkRP player or classical mingebag without the reference pose.

What negatives could this have?:
-Confusion as to why their Physgun/Fists keeps switching to Keys/Unarmed if no notification is implemented.

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I looked into it not being reliable when it was first released, and one of the reasons why it doesn't appear to be very effective for new players, is because they're constantly trying to click on objects with their physgun.

The current idle time is supposed to already be 15 seconds. However while investigating this, I have identified two bugs which means it currently probably isn't working at all. I'll push a fix for the next update.
 
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